Woman attempts self-immolation over ‘shoddy' probe in murder case
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The protest was foiled by alert police personnel .
According to inspector Vikram Singh , Urmila Devi was seen pouring petrol on herself near the high-security assembly area. Sub-inspector Harish Singh, along with women constables Sandhya Singh, Reshma and Shyamli rushed to restrain the woman before she could light a match.
SHO Singh said the family claimed that the protest was triggered by their frustration over the alleged mishandling of the investigation into the murder of Arvind Lodhi, a farm caretaker, who was found dead in a hut. Ankit, the complainant, alleged that his brother Santosh and Santosh's friend Brijesh were wrongly jailed despite being in at the time of the incident. TNN
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